Good social connections can reduce rural depression and suicide
Debt, isolation and economic uncertainty all take their toll on farmers’ health
Human beings don’t like uncertainty. Uncertainty is the farmer’s companion.
When I read recently of what was described as a silent epidemic of suicide among French farmers I was struck by the thought that, to many of us, the idea of a small farm in France is like a dream we will never achieve. But then I realised that to people in other countries a small farm in Ireland would seem to be as desirable a getaway as a farm in France.